Molecular Containers: Design Approaches and Applications

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Self-assembly of tris(ureidobenzyl)amines: flexible bricks for robust architectures

“…Self-assembled capsules are cage compounds made up of selfcomplementary molecular bricks, which are able to completely surround guests of the appropriate size, shape and chemical surface. [8][9][10] Other supramolecular structures, 11,12 mainly covalent containers, are also capable of surrounding guest molecules, however, an important difference emerges: for self-assembled systems lifetimes usually are on the human scale. 13 The design of self-assembling capsules is one of the most attractive fields in supramolecular chemistry, not only because of the need for significant creativity to design the final target but because of their great number of applications.…”

Structural design principles for self-assembled coordination polygons and polyhedra

“…Selfassembled capsules and cages serve as nanoscale containers providing unique chemical environments in which to perform reactions and explore host-guest chemistry. [20][21][22][23][24][25] Lessons learned through the study of discrete metal-organic assemblies provide a basis for understanding the chemistry of metalorganic frameworks. [26][27][28] As this field continues to emerge, the likely application of metal coordination-driven self-assembly to prepare novel functional materials in biomedical and nanotechnology arenas has been noted.…”

Structural disorder and transformation in crystal growth: direct observation of ring-opening isomerization in a metal–organic solid solution

“…that are characteristic of finite and discrete structures with well defined shape, size and topology (e.g. Leininger et al, 2000;Fujita et al, 2001;Swiegers & Malefetse, 2000;Caulder & Raymond, 1999;Saalfrank et al, 2000;Turner et al, 2004;Ronson et al, 2013;Chen et al, 2007).…”